I am bad at writing concisely. I am not great at writing to a deadline. In order to practice both skills I make this pledge: 400 words researched and written in half an hour on a mathematical topic, weekly. I may not keep this up but we will see. It is for my benefit but…
Math/Maths LIVE from Greenwich!
You’ve seen the promos. You were promised a monster truck rally, a fight, an intervention, a sci-fi battle and a miracle cure. To find out what really happened on Wednesday 17th November 2010 at the University of Greenwich, you can listen to the Math/Maths Podcast Live from Greenwich!
Math/Maths LIVE from MathsJam!
We’re still engaged with Math/Maths Week, but you can already listen to the podcast recording we did live before the audience as part of the Saturday night entertainment at MathsJam, where we had an excellent weekend and thoroughly enjoyable time.You can listen to the recording here: Math/Maths Podcast Episode 22 – LIVE from MathsJam!
Carnival of Mathematics 71 is published
proudly presents Carnival of Mathematics Number 71 Yes, the Carnival of Mathematics #71 has been published over at Robin Whitty’s Theorem of the Day.
These are your important living mathematicians
Earlier in the month, as I reported in ‘Who are your important living mathematicians?‘, The Times’ Eureka magazine celebrated science with a list of “the 100 most important people in British science and engineering”. I asked the question: where are the mathematicians? Andrew Wiles is top, at #41. Simon Donaldson is #75. Marcus du Sautoy…
An appeal, for Samuel Hansen
First, you may want to watch the “MATH/MATHS LIVE” video and listen to the 2nd promo. Afterwards, you may want to watch Samuel Hansen’s response, in which he demonstrates how truly delusion he has become.
Math/Maths Week!
Since June, Peter Rowlett and Samuel Hansen have been recording a weekly transatlantic chat about mathematics news called the Math/Maths Podcast. Peter is the “maths” side of the conversation from Nottingham, England, and Samuel is the “math” side from Las Vegas, USA. In November 2010 Samuel will visit Peter in Nottingham for a week of…